Cycling the Bay Area & Stories from the Garden

The little seed that could…

So for those that have been following, you know that one seed is by far outperforming the other. They were both started within days of each other, nothing fancy, just cleaned them, stuck three toothpicks in them, and suspended them over a jar of water.

Side by Side Comparison

I do ensure that I change the water at least once a week, and in the event of a particularly warm day (or if the heater was cranked), I ensure that cool fresh water is given. I don’t have any proof, but, I think the seeds like cold / cool water.

Anyways, one of the seeds sprouted quickly, and is now just over 2-feet tall, the other, well, he just popped his head out, looked around, and decided to stay put. I have a feeling what I was doing wrong was keeping it in the sun. As counter intuitive as that sounds, I seem to remember reading that sprouting seeds could occur in a closet?
So, I moved it and its little Chilean cousin to a less sunny space in the house, and voila!! He sprung to life.

Little guy on 12/31/2010

Happy New Year Sleepy!

3-days later – he’s trying…

This is he on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011

I am pretty happy that he finally started to grow, I was not sure what to do. Thankfully, I have a lot of time to let them do what they do.

I continue to change the water at least once a week, and with this one, I will let it grow in the jar until a substantial root system develops, and it begins to leaf out. I will plant the little guy in a 10 qt. planter, filled w/ a 75/25 % mix of potting soil, and peat moss. I let my avocados almost dry out between watering, and will continue this trend.